Global average connection speed has increased slightly (0.2 per cent) to 5.1 Mbps from the second quarter, accounting for a 14 per cent increase year-over-year, says Akamai.

The number of tech-related enterprises in the UK private sector has risen by 31% since 2010, according to the latest KPMG/Markit Tech Monitor UK Survey.

The growth of the IT sector in the UK has accelerated to its fastest rate since the end of the recession, according to an analysis by Nixon Williams.

IT continues to change and develop at a rapid rate. While this pace of change can be exciting, more often than not it leaves many organisations facing complexity and confusion. 2016 will be no exception.

The folks at CAST Software have some rather interesting ideas.

The disks, which will be built by storage company Seagate, will be given to select customers and used as testing devices in late 2016 or early 2017, before shipping out to other consumers a year later.

Digital Economy Minister Ed Vaizey has called on public and industry to share their ideas on how the UK’s digital revolution can be taken to the next stage.

In the third in our series looking at options for the UK public sector tech supply chain off the former CloudStore, we meet TechnologyOne's UK operating officer, Roger Phare.

Leading members of the tech sector have identified connectivity, a shortage of tech talent and diversity as big issues that require strategic, city-wide attention, if the growth of the London tech sector is to continue.